Tom Ewell

Known for: Acting
Born: April 29, 1909, Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
Died: September 12, 1994
Movies: 35

Tom Ewell (born Samuel Yewell Tompkins) was an American stage, screen, and television actor. He is noted for having Starred alongside two of Classic Hollywood's Iconic Bombshells, first reprising his stage role in The Seven Year Itch (1955), which he starred Opposite Marilyn Munroe in what is considered one of her most iconic roles and then the following year The Girl Can't Help it (1956) alongside Jayne Mansfield in her breakthrough role. Ewell had 70 credits in film and television.

Best-Known Movies

7.0

The Seven Year Itch

1955

6.3

The Great Gatsby

1974

7.1

Adam's Rib

1949

6.0

Easy Money

1983

6.3

The Girl Can't Help It

1956

6.0

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

2018

6.2

Lost in Alaska

1952

5.5

American Guerrilla in the Philippines

1950

5.2

A Life of Her Own

1950

7.4

All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone

2016

Filmography

2018	Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood	Self (archive footage)
2016	All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone	Richard Sherman (archive footage)
2015	Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a Blonde	Self (archive footage)
1990	Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths	Self
1983	Easy Money	Scrappleton
1982	Terror at Alcatraz	Johnson
1979	Tropic of Desire	Hadley Crabtree
1979	The Return of Mod Squad	Cook
1975	Promise Him Anything	Judge
1974	The Great Gatsby	Mourner (uncredited)
1974	The Spy Who Returned from the Dead	Lubow
1972	They Only Kill Their Masters	Walter
1972	To Find a Man	Dr. Hargrove
1970	Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?	Billy Joe Davis
1965	The World of Abbott and Costello	Nugget Joe McDermott in Lost In Alaska (archive footage)
1963	Marilyn	archive footage
1962	State Fair	Abel Frake
1962	Tender Is the Night	Abe North
1958	A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed	Max Rutgers
1956	The Girl Can't Help It	Tom Miller
1956	The Great American Pastime	Bruce Hallerton
1956	The Lieutenant Wore Skirts	Gregory Whitcomb
1955	The Seven Year Itch	Richard Sherman
1952	Back at the Front	Willie
1952	Lost in Alaska	Nugget Joe McDermott
1952	Finders Keepers	Tiger Kipps
1951	Up Front	Willie
1950	Mr. Music	'Cupcake' Haggerty
1950	American Guerrilla in the Philippines	Jim Mitchell
1950	A Life of Her Own	Tom Caraway
1949	Adam's Rib	Warren Attinger
1949	Concerning a Woman of Sin
1947	Paramount Pacemaker: Babies, They're Wonderful
1941	Desert Bandit	Texas Ranger Ordway
1940	They Knew What They Wanted	New Hired Hand (uncredited)

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